Knitting-needle



M. E. ROSS.

KNITTING NEEDLE APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29. 1920.

1,384,349. Famed July 12,1921.

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PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. ROSS,' OF BAKER, OREGON.

KNITTING-NEEDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, 1921.

Application filed January 29, 1920. Serial No. 354,838.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, MARY E. Ross, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Baker, in the county of Baker and Stateof Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inKnitting-Needles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in knitting needles and has asone of its objects to provide a knitting needle having a working end soshaped and formed as to adapt the needle to be expeditiously employed inknitting and to insure of gripping of the yarn or thread when the needleis drawn in one position and to insure of free passage of the needlewhen drawn in another position and, in the latter instance, withoutlikelihood of the needle catching the yarn or thread.

Another object of the invention is to so form the needle that a set ofseveral of them may be readily employed in continuously knitting arounda relatively large garment in producing the same thus obviating thenecessity of resorting to purling and.

permitting of the garment being knitted in a more expeditious manner.

A further object of the invention is to so form the needle that while aset of several of .them may be employed as stated above, a pair of theneedles may on the other hand be employed in knitting other articles bythe .use of an attachment which may be readily applied to and removedfrom either needle and which when in place will prevent the knitmaterial slipping off of the needle.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the needles embodying thepresent invention with the attachment above referred to applied thereto;I

Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal sectional view through one working endof the needle;

Fig. 3 is a view inelevation looking at the notched side of this end ofthe needle;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one working endof the needle, the viewillustrating in section the attachment heretofore referred to applied tothe said needle;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 looking at the opposite side of theneedle;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4 showingthe stop attachment in plan;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the stop attachment removed from theneedle.

In the drawings the needle is illustrated as comprising a shank or bodywhich is indicated by the numeral 1 and which in the illustratedembodiment of the invention is so formed that each of its ends willconstitute a working end although it will be understood that one endonly of the needle may be so formed if desired. Furthermore, inasmuch asthe two ends of the needle, where both ends are Working ends, areidentical in form, a description of one end will sufiice for both. Theneedle at its working end is tapered to provide a substantially conoidalterminal which is indicated by the numeral 2, this terminal beingcomparatively short and extending from about the dotted line a a in thedrawings to the extremity of the needle. Inwardly of this terminal theneedle is preferably of uniform diameter and is circular in crosssection and throughout its length is free from projections orobstructions. Inwardly of the base line a a of the conoidal terminal ofthe needle, the working end of the needle is formed with a notch whichis indicated by the numeral 3, and this notch is formed transversely inone side of the needle and consequently has two walls one of which isindicated by the numeral 4 and the other b the numeral 5. This wall 4 ofthe notch which may be considered as the end wall thereof is locatedimmediately inwardly of the base line a a and is located in a planenearly at right angles to the longitudinal ever, slightly inclined at anangle to the axis and in the direction of the adjacent extremity of theneedle. The notch 3 is of maximum depth at its end which is defined bythe wall 4 and the depth of the notch preferably does not exceed onehalf of the diameter of the shank of the needle so that the notch liespractically wholly withinthe bounds of that side of the needle in whichit is formed with the result that the depth of the notch is less thanthe maximum width of the notch. The wall 5 of the notch which may beconsidered as the bottom wall thereof is inclined gradually from thebase of the end wall 4 of the notch to the circumferential surface ofthe needle at that side in which the notch is formed, this wall beingpreferabl slightly curved or concaved in the manner illustrated in Figs.2 and 3 of the drawings although it ma be straight if found desirable.This wal of course, is of maximum width at the line where it forms aameter of the needle shank and consequently.

its side-edges lie wholly within the bounds of the circumferentialsurface of the shank as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 8, 4 and 5 of thedrawings and as shown also in Fig. 6 of the drawings. Likewise it willbe observed by reference to these figures that the edge of the wall 4 ofthe notch lies wholly within the bounds of the circumferential surfaceof the needle shank so that while the formation of this notch provides ahook adapting the needle to catch the thread or yarn when the needle isintentionally held in position to present its notched side to a loop ofthe material, when the needle is turned over so that its opposite sideis presented to the loop in the material, it may readily slip throughthe loop without catching in the material. In order to further insureagainst catching of the hook of the needle in the yarn or thread when itis desired to draw the needle freely through a loop of the material, thelateral edges of the wall 5 of the notch 8 are beveled as indicated bythe numeral 6, as clearly shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 6 of the drawings.

As heretofore stated, the invention contemplates the provision of anattachment for application to one working end of the needle whichattachment is in the nature of a stop member and serves to prevent thegoods slipping off from the needle during the knitting operation. Thisattachment is clearly illustrated in Fig. 7 i of the drawings and themanner of its application to the needle is clearly shown in Figs. 4 and6 of the drawings. The said attachment comprises a disk 7 which may beof rubber or any other suitable material or a combination of materialsand which is preferably circular in outline and of a diameter somewhatgreater than that of the shank of the needle. The said disk is formedsubstantially circularly with an opening 8 having oppositely locatedside walls 9 and 10 and end walls '11. This opening corresponds to thecross sectional shape of the working end of the needle at the line ofjuncture of the walls 4 and 5 of the notch 3 as will be evident byreference to Fig. 6 of the drawings. The disk 7 is to be applied byinserting the working end of the needle through the opening 8 until thedisk occu pics the position shown in Figs. 4 and 6 of the drawings andit will be evident by reference to these figures that the wall 9 of thesaid, opening engages against the bottom wall 5 of the notch 3 at itsjuncture with the aeaeea wall 4, the end walls 11 engaging the bevels 6and the arcuate side wall 10 of the opening engaging the back of theworking end of the needle. by reference to Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawingsthat the wall 9 of the opening 8 is located diametrically of axis of thedisk so that the opening is located wholly at one side of the said axis.By thus locating the opening, the disk when applied to the working endof the needle will have its periphery concentric to the axis of theshank of the needle. It will be understood, of course, that the disk 7is to be of some elastic or semi-elastic material so as to adapt it tobe drawn or fitted over the working end of the needle and so that whenapplied as heretofore stated, it will lie im mediately inwardly of andrest at one face against the wall 4 of the notch 3 as shown in Figs. 4and 6 and thus be held against accidental displacement or loss.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A knitting needle having a working end formed with a notch to providea shoulder, and a stop member removably fitted onto the said end of theneedle and seating against the said shoulder.

2. A knitting needle having a working end formed with a. notch providinga shoulder and an elastic stop member removably frictionally fitted ontothe said end and seating behind the said shoulder.

3. A knitting needle formed with a notch in its working end, and a stopmember removably fitted onto the needle and engaging in the said notch.

4. A knitting needle formed with a notch in its working end, and a stopmember removably fitted onto the needle and engaging in the said notch,the stop member being of elastic material and having an opening of ashape corresponding substantially to the cross sectional shape of theneedle at the point of location of the said notch.

5-. A knitting needle having a round shank provided at its working endwith a substantially conoidal terminal and formed in one side inwardlyof the terminal with a notch of a depth not greater than the radius ofthe shank and of a width not greater than the diameter of the shank, thewall of the notch next adjacent the terminal of the needle shank beinginclined from the bottom of the notch in the direction of the saidterminal, this and the bottom wall of the notch formin an angle of notless than ninety degrees.

dn testimony whereof I aflix m signature.

' MARY E. ROS [L. s]

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